A Ukrainian soldier has joined illegal armed formations in Donbas in order to escape the punishment for a serious crime, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.

War

12:14, 02 December 2016

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"Yesterday, a serviceman of one of our units committed a serious crime. Hoping to avoid the punishment, he defected to the enemy," the report says.

However, the ATO HQ did not elaborate on details of the crime committed by the defector.